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Trinidad temple tour 2012 and shopping goal

As referred to in the previous post, two of our goals for Sunday were shopping and to see the Temple on the Sea.

At Edinburgh Gardens, we found one of the big pottery shops (Radika) open even though it was Sunday. There were all sorts of appealing earthenware pots. But alas, we don’t have need for or storage for earthenware pots on On Delay. However, we chose a three small, inexpensive dishes as a souvenir of the day.

From there we went to the Fab India Expo — in a big tent in a vacant field off the freeway. Traders come from India twice a year and sell goods. Gayle has been much deprived of shopping of late so was happy to check out Fab India Expo. But alas, her shopping was curtailed by our invitation to celebrate the end of Eid. However, in a short time, she did manage to find and purchase a very attractive tunic.

Our third goal was to find the Temple in the Sea which we had read about in the guide book. (There is a lovely story associated with this temple: Siewdass Sadhu tried to build a temple on land, but his initial constructions were knocked down because he didn’t own the land. He eventually decided to build a temple in the sea because the sea belongs to no one. He carried the building materials out at low tide on his bicycle.) Harripaul took us to this temple and we saw three other beautiful temples too.

The Lakshmi Narayan Temple had the most beautiful location on a hill. This is a view from the temple and the final picture of a very special day in Trinidad.

Peacock at the Lakshmi Narayan Temple.

Detail: An elephant at the Lakshmi Narayan Temple.

The final temple of the day was the Lakshmi Narayan Temple in Freeport.

A murti just off the path.

This is the Temple in the Sea.

The paved path to the Temple in the Sea. Before the path, the temple could only be accessed at low tide.

This is the view from shore of the Temple in the Sea with prayer flags in the foreground.

The 85 ft Hanuman Murti at the Dattatreya Mandir temple is the tallest murti outside India.